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Celebrities have long registered trademarks for their names. Now, college football coaches are getting into the trademark game, too. USC football coach Steve Sarkisian has registered a trademark for “Sark” and “Coach Sark” for clothing and an online …
There’s no such thing as “just a text” anymore. Just as this quick and easy means of communication has made its way into most of our personal lives, it has also become an everyday tool in workplace communications. This raises some issues worth consid …
It’s difficult to imagine launching a marketing campaign in any business, let alone in the fashion industry, without using social media. These tools can introduce more would-be customers to your product and do it faster than ever imaginable, and they …
Robert Frisby, an attorney with the Federal Trade Commission, discussed the FTC Rules on textile labeling and advertising at TEXWORLD USA 2014, last month. His remarks include disclosure requirements regarding fiber content and country-of-origin, as w …
August 15, 2014 – Texworld USA 2014 organizers have posted videos of the various panel discussions and presentations held during Texworld USA 2014 last month. Follow this link to watch: THE WHAT WHERE AND HOW OF GARMENT PRODUCTION – moderated by Dina D …
August 7, 2014 – Judge Loretta A. Preska of the Southern District of New York upheld a magistrate’s ruling ordering Microsoft Corp. to hand over to federal prosecutors electronic data they are seeking in a narcotics case, and that is stored by Micros …
August 2, 2014 – A New York federal judge has found Dimitrio Tsirkos, a former Mister Softee franchisee, in contempt for failing to comply with a June order barring him from using decals on his trucks that are “confusingly similar” to Mister Softee’s t …
August 1, 2014 – This past week, the National Labor Relations Board maintained that women’s shoe sales associates from two different departments within Bergdorf’s New York store could not constitute one single micro-bargaining unit. The unanimous deci …
A new Rule 9 took effect June 2, 2014 in the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court that stands to speed up pre-trial proceedings, and ease the complications associated with e-discovery. The new rule allows parties to consent to accel …
Whether you are a one-person startup, a mid-sized company or one headed for the Fortune 500, registering a trademark to protect the name or logo for your product or service is one of the single most important steps you take. Imagine pouring your heart …
It may seem like just yesterday companies were handing out corporate Blackberries and phones to employees. But today, “bring your own device” has increasingly become the norm. Encouraging employees to use their own devices to communicate for work pur …
In this age of seemingly endless social media outlets, the pressure to capture a celebrity endorsement “freeby” can be enormous. But beware. As present as they can seek to be in the public eye, celebrities covet their identities and every form of lik …
